Example sentences of "think [prep] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an intensive rehabilitation programme of physiotherapy and speech therapy , Elinor appeared to have completely recovered from her stroke , although she could no longer think of three things at once , which Buzz said was a mercy for the people who had to live with her . |
| 2 | If I want to break a lock on someone 's front door , I can think of three ways . |
| 3 | She thought of three couples , friends , who had managed to get to Israel after a bitter struggle . |
| 4 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 5 | Sir we 've only had this for I think for three minutes before the start of the erm of of this erm session , I 'm just wondering if we could have ten minutes to read it ? |
| 6 | And although the City Council has managed over the years to old council house rents down , I think for three years there was absolutely no rent increase and then only about a nine per cent increase , although we 've managed to hold council house rents down until |
| 7 | I think after three days they 've er worn out their welcome . |
| 8 | But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’ |
| 9 | Think of Three Men and a Baby . |
| 10 | ‘ Unless we think of three different murderers using the same spot . ’ |
| 11 | We found that in each case it was necessary to think of three dimensions . |
| 12 | and words , I think with three mix , mix well actually , mix it with |
| 13 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |